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Donâ€™t be alarmed if you see that you have an opossum living in your yard.

Donâ€™t
be alarmed if you see that you have an opossum living in your yard. A
friend of organic gardening, they can be quite handy. Opossums eat
garden pests such as slugs and rodents and are also great for tick
control. GOT SLUGS? Don't shoo away that
opossum. Opossums may not be right for everyone... If you find that
they have taken up residence under your house, you can easily sway them
out to find a hole to burrow in by placing wadded up paper in the area
where they have entered. Keep a close eye out for when they come out by
knocking the paper over and board up the area. For a barn or other out
building, poke holes in a coffee can and place rags saturated in ammonia
in the can and put the lid on it. They hate the smell of ammonia and
will not return to that space. You wonâ€™t want to place the can of
ammonia soaked rags under your house or you may be as offended by the
odor as they are.

They wouldn't last long in my yard. The dog has already killed a snake this month, and put the run on a big old tomcat. Plus he scared the crap out of some nice, young, religious fellows who came to the door today, he's got a very big bark.

Do be araid if you see them wandering around in daytime. They are nocturnal and if they hang out in day light, they may be rabid.

I rather have slug's and ugly grass . These things scare me. I saw one, one time in my yard and for the longest time after I looked for it every time I walked out of the house scared I would scare it and be bitten.

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